Kickoff times for FAU's home opener vs. UCF and Marshall game are set

The Florida Atlantic home opener against Central Florida on Sept. 7 will be played under the lights of FAU Stadium.

The Owls will host UCF in a 7 p.m. kickoff that Saturday night, Conference USA revealed on Tuesday.

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C-USA also announced that FAU’s home game against Marshall will be moved up a day from a Saturday to a Friday night, now to be played on Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m.

The UCF and Marshall games are the only ones on the FAU schedule, which begins with a road game in Columbus, Ohio against Ohio State on Aug. 31, that currently have kickoff times set. Television outlets airing the contests will be announced later.

Last year, the Owls played the Knights in Orlando and lost, 56-36, as UCF extended the nation’s longest win streak at the time to 16. The Knights’ win streak reached 25 before they fell to LSU in the Fiesta Bowl.

UCF was 12-1 last season and 13-0 with a Peach Bowl victory over Auburn in 2017, after which the school deemed itself national champion, despite not qualifying for the College Football Playoff.

FAU, which finished 5-7 last year and failed to reach a bowl game, lost 31-7 last season at Marshall. The previous year, the Owls claimed the program’s first win over the Thundering Herd.